Ukraine Tightens the Screw in Sevastopol
President Viktor Yushchenko announced his bid for a second term on July 18 defying pundits who believed his low popularity of 2-3 percent would deter... MORE
New Russian Ambassador to Ukraine
Published by Kommersant, photo by Dmitry Dykhanin by Roman KupchinskyIn 2009 two new ambassadors will present their credentials to the president of Ukraine – one... MORE
EU and Ukraine Discuss Gas Loan
by Roman KupchinskyConsultations between Ukraine and the EU Commission about Ukraine’s urgent need for a loan to buy Russian gas ended Monday night in Brussels.... MORE
Crimean Tatars Divide Ukraine and Russia
President Viktor Yushchenko has strongly condemned the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars on many occasions and ordered the Security Service (SBU) to open a special... MORE
U.S.-led “Sea Breeze” Combined Exercise Canceled in Ukraine
On June 22 Ukrainian Naval Headquarters confirmed unofficially that the country's political deadlock has doomed the multinational military exercise Sea Breeze-2009. According to the Ukrainian... MORE
Viktor Chernomyrdin Removed as Russian Ambassador to Ukraine
by Roman KupchinskyRussia’s controversial envoy to Ukraine, the once head of Gazprom and former Russian Prime Minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin was, at long last, recalled to... MORE
Russia’s Ideological Crusade Against Ukraine
According to an interview with Ukraine's Ambassador to Russia Konstantyn Hryshchenko, the country's bilateral relationship with Russia has sunk to its lowest level since the... MORE
Grand Coalition Talks Collapse in Ukraine
The talks on forming a coalition between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Party of Regions (PRU) leader Viktor Yanukovych have failed due to mutual distrust.... MORE
Ukraine Pays for May Gas but Future Payments are Unsure
by Roman KupchinskyOn June 5, 2009, the Ukrainian stated-owned oil and gas concern, Naftohaz Ukrayina, paid Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly $475 million for gas... MORE
Ukrainian Intelligence Promotes Lustration in Ukraine
On May 11 in an interview with Dziennik the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) chief Valentyn Nalyvaychenko, outlined how previously secret documents from 1917-1991 were being... MORE